PFC to hold Its 10th Interiors Pakistan expo in December

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Tuesday announced to hold three-day mega 10th “Interiors Pakistan” Expo-2018 here in December to promote local furniture industry worldwide and enhancing its exports besides providing an opportunity to showcase their products to attract local and foreign investors and buyers of quality furniture.
The expo aimed at promoting and introducing Pakistani interiors, furniture and accessories in and outside Pakistan, said PFC Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq while presiding over a meeting of the board of directors here,” says a press release issued here Tuesday.
In past, PFC had successfully organized nine mega exhibitions at Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad and got a tremendous response from the public and private sector alike, he added.
PFC will extend an invitation to furniture producers and retailers of China, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Denmark, Thailand and, Bangkok while delegations from other countries will also be invited to participate in the upcoming exhibition, he added.
Members from diplomatic corps, leading businessmen, stakeholders of the furniture industry and the foreign delegation would also attend the event, he maintained.
While more than 70 leading local companies and interior designers will display their products and as per previous trend nearly 250,000 to 300,000 people are likely to visit this mega exhibition.
The essence of this mega furniture exhibition is to promote the furniture and associated Pak made products at local and international level. Visitors on the lookout for buying furniture will be able to enjoy a special discount of up to 20 percent on different items at the exhibition which will also provide the younger designers and architects to study the market trends and display their own work alongside that of more established professionals.
Mian Kashif urged the government to establish exclusive expo centres for furniture industry one each in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Peshawar, and Quetta, especially for Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad. Only 25 percent industrialists and traders of the country visit Karachi fairs and after the establishment of new expo centres with greater facilities more people would come to these cities to increase their trade with foreigners and local investors,” he hoped.
PFC chief said this activity aims at the uplifting socio-economic condition of the community and connect the entrepreneurs with direct buyers. He said with a little innovation, investment and government support, the furniture industry can generate even more employment and income from the sustainable economy.
He said textiles and rice were currently the largest exports of Pakistan bringing in $14 billion and $2 billion of foreign exchange, respectively. Furniture exports, on the other hand, stand at a meager $51 million.